Planning and zoning: annual report: rehabilitated units.

Housing Land

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Ávila Farías
Last action: 2025-10-13
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 704, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details about streamlined approvals, so it was removed from the explanation.

Planning and Zoning: Annual Report on Rehabilitated Housing Units

This law allows cities and counties to report the number of old, fixed-up affordable housing units in their annual reports and says these units cannot be used when deciding if new affordable housing needs to be built.

What This Bill Does

Allows local agencies to include information about rehabilitated affordable housing units in their yearly reports.
Requires that only units over 15 years old, with at least $60,000 spent on repairs per unit, can be included in the report.
Says these fixed-up units cannot be used when figuring out if new affordable housing needs to be built.

Who It Names or Affects

Local agencies like cities and counties
People who own or live in rehabilitated affordable housing

Terms To Know

Deed-restricted affordable housing: Housing that is made to stay affordable for low-income people through legal agreements.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if AB 670 is not enacted.
It's unclear how many local agencies will choose to include this information in their reports.
The exact impact on the number of new affordable units required is uncertain.

Bill History

2025-10-13 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 704, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-13 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-24 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-12 California Legislative Information
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3379.).
2025-09-12 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-11 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2933.).
2025-09-09 California Legislative Information
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-09-08 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-04 California Legislative Information
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-18 California Legislative Information
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-16 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-11 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on HOUSING.
2025-06-03 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1848.)
2025-05-27 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-04-30 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2025-04-10 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-26 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2025-03-03 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV.
2025-02-19 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2025-02-18 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 726, Ávila Farías.
Planning and zoning: annual report: rehabilitated units.
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires each county and each city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and specified land outside its boundaries, that includes, among other specified mandatory elements, a housing element. That law requires the planning agency of a city or county to provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to, among other entities, the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, formerly known as the Office of Planning and Research, and the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law requires the annual report to include, among other things, the city’s or county’s progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs, as specified.
This bill would permit a local agency to include in its annual report the number of units of
existing deed-restricted affordable housing within a specified affordability threshold that are at least 15 years old and have been substantially rehabilitated with at least $60,000 per unit in funds awarded from the city or county, as specified. The bill would prohibit any of the units included in the annual report from being considered when determining affordability requirements for the purposes of eligibility for streamlined approvals, as specified. The bill would also make a nonsubstantive change to update a reference to the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation in these provisions.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65400 of the Government Code proposed by AB 670 to be operative only if this bill and AB 670 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

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